Police Recruitment Current Affairs Questions and Answers
The Nigeria Police Force constable recruitment test is a computer-based aptitude exam run by the Police Service Commission (PSC); the last sitting was held on 28–30 April 2026 after more than 400,000 people applied for 50,000 constable posts. Current affairs and general knowledge sit alongside English and mathematics in the paper, and the questions below cover exactly that ground: who leads the Force, the law that governs it, its symbols and history, and the national facts every Nigerian recruitment exam repeats. Every answer is dated so you can tell what is still current.
Dates and numbers are from Police Service Commission statements reported by Punch and Premium Times. The PSC has repeatedly denied viral notices about a reopened portal or a September 2026 training call; treat any date that is not on psc.gov.ng as fake. The Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), Wudil, runs a separate officer-cadet entrance — its 13th Regular Course screening ran 9–18 September 2026.
How current affairs is tested
The PSC has not published an official question count or duration, so this page does not invent one. What every recent cycle has confirmed: the test is computer-based, sat at designated centres in all 36 states and the FCT, and mixes English language, mathematics and quantitative reasoning, current affairs and general knowledge, including questions about the Police Force itself. Candidates who passed physical and credential screening are the only ones invited.
Current-affairs questions in police tests are almost always factual recall: the name of the serving Inspector-General, the minister supervising the Force, the year the Police Act was last replaced, the colours on the police flag, and the standard national set (President, Senate President, capital, independence date, number of states and LGAs). Learn the answers as facts with dates, not as stories.
Nigeria Police Force facts every candidate should know
Verified against the Force’s own history page and 2026 news coverage. Officeholders are as of September 2026.
| Fact | Answer |
|---|---|
| Inspector-General of Police (IGP) | Olatunji Disu |
| Supervising ministry / minister | Ministry of Police Affairs · Ibrahim Gaidam (minister since August 2023) |
| Police Service Commission chairman | DIG Hashimu Salihu Argungu (rtd) — the PSC recruits, promotes and disciplines all officers except the IGP |
| Governing law | Police Act 2020, which repealed the Police Act of 2004 and introduced community policing and tenure rules |
| Year the Force was unified | 1930, when the Northern and Southern Nigeria police forces merged |
| Headquarters | Louis Edet House, Abuja |
| Command structure | 36 state commands plus the FCT command, grouped under zonal commands |
| Motto | “The Police is your friend” |
| First colonial Inspector-General | C. W. Duncan (1930–1935) |
| First indigenous Inspector-General | Louis Edet, appointed 1964 |
| Police Academy | Nigeria Police Academy (POLAC), Wudil, Kano State — Commandant AIG Auwal Musa Mohammed (appointed August 2026) |
Police current affairs questions and answers
Part A is specific to the Nigeria Police Force; Part B is the national set that appears in every federal recruitment CBT. Part B is drawn live from our verified Q&A bank, so a correction there updates here.
Part A · Nigeria Police Force
1. Who is the current Inspector-General of Police in Nigeria?
2. Which ministry supervises the Nigeria Police Force, and who is the minister?
3. Which body appoints, promotes and disciplines police officers other than the IGP?
4. What law currently governs the Nigeria Police Force?
5. In what year were the Northern and Southern Nigeria police forces unified?
6. Where is the headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force?
7. How many state commands does the Nigeria Police Force have?
8. When was the last Nigeria Police constable recruitment CBT held?
9. How many people applied for the 2026 police constable recruitment?
10. What is the only official portal for Nigeria Police recruitment?
11. Where is the Nigeria Police Academy located?
12. Who was the first indigenous Inspector-General of Police?
13. Who was the first Inspector-General of the Nigeria Police under colonial rule?
Part B · National current affairs every candidate is asked
14. What is the motto of the Nigerian Police?
15. What does the colour yellow in the Nigerian police flag signify?
16. What does the green in the Nigerian police flag represent?
17. Who is the current minister of defence in Nigeria?
18. Who is the current president of Nigeria?
19. Who is the current vice president of Nigeria?
20. Who is the current Senate President in Nigeria?
21. Who is the current Nigerian Deputy Senate president?
22. What is the name of the current speaker of the House of Representatives?
23. Who is Nigeria’s current chief justice of the Supreme court?
24. What is the name of the current CBN Governor?
25. The current INEC chairman?
26. When did Nigeria have its independence?
27. How many Local Government Areas do we have in Nigeria?
28. How many senators make up the National Assembly of Nigeria?
29. How many geopolitical zones are there in Nigeria?
30. What is Nigeria’s motto?
31. The Nigerian flag was designed by who?
32. The first line of the new Nigerian Anthem is ___
33. What year did "Arise, O Compatriots" stop being Nigeria's national anthem?
34. Who wrote the Nigerian National Pledge?
35. Who was the first president of Nigeria?
36. Who was Nigeria’s first prime minister?
37. The first governor-general of colonial Nigeria was?
38. When was the Federal Capital Territory created?
39. When did Nigeria's federal capital officially move from Lagos to Abuja, and who declared the move?
40. The largest state in Nigeria by landmass is?
41. Which is the Nigerian state with the highest population?
42. When was the Nigerian Naira introduced?
43. When did Nigeria join the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)?
44. In what year was ECOWAS founded?
45. In what year did Nigeria join the United Nations?
46. How much is Nigeria's 2026 federal budget?
47. What is Nigeria's current national minimum wage (2024)?
48. What is the minimum age to run for President of Nigeria?
49. When was the Central Bank of Nigeria established?
Keep preparing
Take the timed police quiz to test recall under pressure, then work through the full Q&A bank. The free PDF is a printable version of the bank for offline study.
Frequently asked questions
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Sources: Police Service Commission and Nigeria Police Force official pages; Punch, Premium Times and Guardian Nigeria reports on the 2026 constable recruitment; PRNigeria on the August 2026 POLAC commandant appointment. Agency heads and ministers are re-verified against the site’s facts ledger; the last full check is shown in the verified line above.